Footnotes
“Schedule of Church Records. Nauvoo 1846,” [1]; “Inventory. Historian’s Office. 4th. April 1855,” [1]; “Historian’s Office Inventory, G. S. L. City March 19, 1858,” [1]; “Historian’s Office Catalogue Book March 1858,” [7], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL; see also Historian’s Office, Journal, 17 Oct. 1855.
Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
Historian’s Office. Journal, 1844–1997. CHL. CR 100 1.
Footnotes
and my power shall be over thee as it was with Noah, so shall it be with thee, that throug[h] thy ministry, my name shall be known in the earth forever; for I am thy God. | |
✦ [11] | Behold Potiphers hill was in the land of ur of Chaldea, and the Lord broke down the altar of Elkkenah Elkkener, and of the gods of the land, and utterly destroyed these them, and smote the priest, that he died, and their was great mourning in Chaldea, and also in the court of Pharaoh, which Pharaoh, signifies King by royal blood. Now this king of Egypt was a descendant, from the loins of Ham, and was a partaker of the blood of the canaanites, by birth from this descent sprang all the Egyptians, and thus the blood of the Canaanites was preserved in the land. |
✦ [12] | The land of Egypt. being first discovered, by a woman, who was the daughter of Ham, and the daughter of Zeptah, which in the Chaldea, signifies Egypt, which signifies that which is forbidden. When this woman discovered the land, it was under water, who after settled her sons in it; and thus from Ham sprang that race, which preserved, the curse in the land. |
✦ [13] | Now the <first> government, of Egypt was established by Pharaoh, the Eldest son of Egyptes, the daughter of Ham, and it was after the manner of govermn<en>t of Ham, which was patriarchal, Pharaoh being a righteous man established his Kingdom, and Judged his p[e]ople, wise<ly> and justly all his days, seeking earnestly to imitate |
This letter was inserted in blue ink in unidentified handwriting.
TEXT: Book of Abraham Manuscript–A has “them gods of the land”.
TEXT: Possibly “bloods blood.” or a canceled extension of “d”.
TEXT: This character and the two that follow were written in a different ink flow than the rest of the characters, and they do not match any characters from the extant portions of the papyri. They are composites of characters from the Egyptian Alphabet documents or Grammar and Alphabet volume, including characters 1.15 and 1.19.
TEXT: Book of Abraham Manuscript–A has “of the”.
TEXT: Book of Abraham Manuscript–A has “wisely” (without the insertion).